Street-car fender.



No. 678,023. Patented July 9, 190i.

G. NICHOLSON.

STREET CAB FENDER.-

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES NICHOLSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.-

STREET'vC A R FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,023, dated Jul 9,1901. Application filed April 3, 1900. Renewed 22, 1901. Serial No.61,467- (No model.)

To all whom it may cancer-m.

lyn, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inStre'et-OarFenders,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain 'new and useful improvements infenders and bumpers for use on cars; and its object is to provide afender which will surely and certainly protect any person accidentallystruck by it from being injured either by the fenderor the car and alsoprovide a means for lowering the fender,- that it may with certaintypass under the person if lying in its path.

- In the accompanying drawings similar letters indicate correspondingparts.

Figure I shows my improved fender and bumper cushion. in place.

up out of service. Fig; IV.shows ,a front view of fender and bumper andlever-ratchet.

the fender in position in the socket-in the hanger a. Y

Referring more particularly to the drawframe,'A A the end cross-bars ofthe fenderframe, and B the net attached to the frame.

Thisframe and net are sometimes called the scoop.

O is a cross-bar at the nearrend oft theframe A and so arranged as toenter at each side of the car a socketlG,made,in thehanger a H D is theguide-rod of the spring-actuated, bufier situated in front of the fenderor scoop.

This buffer is provided with springs 19 b, and the loops '0 0 hold therod D in place and guide it and allow it to be pressed down upon thesprings 12 b.

Attached to the outside of the hangers a a is the cam d, oneon eachhanger, and the rod 6 passes through the hangersaa, and to it areattached the cams d.

E is a regulating-lever ratchet passing down 7 through the platform ofthe car and pivoted to the arm 8, which is secured to the rod e. The

Fig. II shows bumper-cushion alone with fender removed. Fig. III showsfender and bumper both raised.

regulating-lever ratchet E is provided with Be it known that LOHARLESNICHOLSON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a" resident ofNew York city, borough of Brook-- a handle 2' at the top, by means ofwhich it may be raised or lowered, and on its face is provided withteeth ff, which look upon the base of the trippingdeviceand hold thelever-ratchet firmly in position. From the dashboard there extends thespring g, which presses against the le'ver ratchet and prevents theteeth from slipping away from their holding. Back of the lever-ratchetand sithated on the floorof the platform is the foottripper h, which isso arranged that by pressingvit down it pushes back the lever-ratchet E,the teeth become disengaged, and in turn the rod 6 revolves -anddisengages the cams d d, and thus the front end of the fender or- O andengages it and holds it in place and prevents it from springing out ofthesocket G by the j olting or action of the car. On the front of thecar is what I term the adjustable f bumperrcushiondF, provided with aframe of iron and springs attached thereto. It has the handle Z to raiseit up o'rpull it'forward and allow it to drop down over the end of thecar when in use. (See Fig. 1.) At each end are thepivotal joints m m-oneat top and one at bottom of. theframe of thebumper-which act as hingesvand also hold the bumper in place. The lower pivotal joint has a slot at'0, which allows the lower end'o'f the bumper tobe pushed back and upona seat or rest n when the bumper is not in use. Between the two pivotaljoints is a locking-pivot p, which falls down and. rests upon thelowerpivotal joint,and thus prevent's the bumper from springing upanddown while the car is in moregulating-lever ratchet allows the frontend of the fender to descend and pass under the body in front, and thusprevents any such possible accident as the car-wheels passing over thebody. By lifting the lever-ratchet E by the handle '5 the pivot-joint 3turns the brace-rod e and causes the cams d d to press upon the end ofthe fender-frame beneath,

thus lowering the rear end and raising the. By pressing with front endof the fender. the foot upon the foot-tripper h it presses against thelever-ratchet E and pushesit back, releasing the teeth J" from theirholding, and thus causes the lever-ratchet E to descend and turns thearm 8, which releases the cams d d from any pressing on the rear ends ofthe fender-frame, thus allowing the rear end of the fender-frame to riseup and the front end The spring 9 keeps the ratchet- I lever in placeand prevents the teethffrom 1 j ustable bumper-cushion, scoop-hangerswith to falldown.

slipping away by the action of the car.

My fender or scoop is of great value, be-

cause it can be so easily disengaged from the car by raising the cams 7aon the inside of the hangers a a, and thus slipping the crossbar 0 outof the sockets G, and the fender being light, although strong, is easilycarried to 1 the other end of the car and is adapted to any make of car.

By myinvention there is provided for streetcars a simple, effective, andelficient method of catching and retaining the body of any personaccidentally struck while the car is in' the cams d, d substantially asdescribed and motion.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 1 that "by my method of having thebumper-cushion disconnected from the scoop a body falling on my fenderwill be protected from the bumper by the cushion and from that will fallinto the scoop. The scoop, which is nearly at right angles to thecushion, being practically in a horizontal position, will prevent anyrebound,

and a body once in the scoop the netting forms a bag shape, making itimpossible to roll off to the ground.

By my method of having the scoop inde- In the ordinary fender now inuse, constructed with the bumper or cushion and scoop parts practicallyin one and hanging on an incline to the ground, a body rebounds oreasily rolls off.

Another advantage of my invention is that when the car is housed thefender A and bumper F are raised up, allowing the cars to be practicallyrun up close together, thus economizing space.

There is a great saving of material and cost in my invention, becausethe two side bars A and two end cross-bars A of the fender or scoop aremade of the same size and are interchangeable, so that any railroad needonly keep about five different parts of my invention in stock, and thusbe at all times prepared to repair any damage done to the fender orscoop. These parts are the side bars A A and the cross-bars A A, the notB, the springs 12 b, and loop C. The frame, being of steel, can easilybe straightened, if bent, thus making the-cost of maintenance verysmall.

Those parts of my invention attached to the car will last-generally aslong as the car itself.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A car-fender having anindependent adslot for holding the scoop, connecting braces, cams andshafts and automatic lockingcatches, the scoop arranged to fit inhangerslots and regulated by the action of the cams,- cperated by theregulating-lever.

2. In combination with the car, the bumpercushion F provided with thejoints or arms l m, 'm and the seat 41, for the bumper-cushion,

substantially as described and set forth.

3. In combination with the car, the scoophangers a, a, having the socketG, the connecting cam-rod 6, provided at each end with set forth.

4. In combination with the car, the foottripper h, the regulating-leverratchet E, provided with teeth f, the spring g, the camshaft e and arm8, pivoted to the lever-ratchet E, the cams (Z, d and hangers a, athaving the socket G, substantially as described and set forth.

5. In combination with the car, the fenderframe A, A and A, A thehangers a, a, the cam-shaft e, and cams d, d, the inside looking catchesor cams K, substantially as described and set forth.

6. In combination with the car the fender or scoop having frame A,- Aand A, A, the hangers a, a, provided with socket G, the brace-rod O tofit in the socket G, the regulating-lever ratchet E provided with teethf, the spring g, the cam-shaft e, and arm 3, pivoted to thelever-ratchet E and secured to the cam-shaft e and cams cl, d, thefoot-tripper h, substantially as described and set forth;

7. In combination with the car, the adjust- ICS able bumper-cushionF,provided with the pivotal joints m, m at each end, thelower one benay-invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this23d day of J anumy 1900. t

CHARLES NICHOLSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID M, EDSALL, JAMES P. "FOSTER.

